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Once again, it’s Thursday, and time for Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop. Today, I had some fun with this prompt:

4.) 10 things you would do if you didn’t have to work

Here’s my list, in no particular order:

1. If I didn’t have to work, I would have lunch dates with friends and former school classmates. Oh, wait….I did that last week.

2. If I didn’t have to work, I would go shopping with my friend, Bev. Oh, wait….we did that Monday.

3. If I didn’t have to work, I would write a blog. Oh, wait…..

4. If I didn’t have to work, I would visit my friend, Doris, and we’d rubber stamp all day. Oh, wait….that’s on the agenda for the near future.

5. If I didn’t have to work, I’d meet my sister, June and my niece, Barb, for lunch. Oh, wait….also on the agenda.

6. If I didn’t have to work, I would have breakfast every Monday morning with Motor Man and Marshall. Oh, wait…. we DO that!

7. If I didn’t have to work, I would invite my niece, Donna and her son, Connor, to visit from Texas and stay with us for several days. Oh, wait….they arrived last night!

8. If I didn’t have to work, I would ride with Motor Man on out-of-town trips for race practice. Oh wait…. we just did that this week.

9. If I didn’t have to work, I would cook a gourmet dinner for Motor Man every evening. Oh, wait….can a grilled cheese sandwich be considered “gourmet”?

10. If I didn’t have to work, I would keep a spotless house. Oh, wait….nope, that’s never gonna happen.

You’ve probably guessed that I don’t work a full-time job. (Motor Man and I are both semi-retired.) So, once again, I took liberties with Mama Kat’s prompt. She should be accustomed to me doing that by now.

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When Motor Man and I travel through Coinjock, NC on our way to and from the Outer Banks, we cross the bridge over the Albemarle & Chesapeake Canal, which is part of the Intracoastal Waterway.

Although the view is nice from either side of the bridge, one side in particular is very picturesque, with waterfront houses, boat slips, a marina and restaurant, so I usually make a point to look in that direction.

Normally the boat traffic in the canal is made up of sailboats, motor boats and the occasional yacht. So imagine my surprise on our most recent trip, when I glanced over and saw this.

Motor Man made a u-turn and we took the little country road down to the marina, so we could get a closer look at this boat ship.

When we got closer, we could see that the ship is the Seafair, and a crewmember told us that it is a traveling venue, used for art shows and the like. From their web-site, I also learned that it is “the largest ship built for commercial operation in the Intracoastal Waterway and requires a draft of only 6.5 feet”. (For those of you, like me, who are unfamiliar with nautical terms, that means it doesn’t require deep water to navigate.)

The web-site also states that the Seafair is the fourth largest privately owned yacht in the US, and it cost $40 million dollars to build.

The crewmember told us that the ship was en route from Greenwich, Connecticut to Morehead City, NC, and that conditions on the ocean were so rough, they decided to travel by the inland waterway.

Several people at the marina were quite interested in the Seafair, and were all having pictures taken with the ship in the background. You know that Motor Man and I couldn’t pass up that chance.